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Chiefs play us at home, have a slightly easier schedule (depending on how the divisional opponents turn out) and have proven time and time again to find a way to play all of their post-season games at home. Makes sense. Interesting that we’re tied with CIN. They have, on paper, a much easier schedule than us.

Allen played half the season with a torn UCL. Also, it is what it is, but Allen plays in (likely) the worst passing weather in the NFL.

It’s so tiresome to see y’all label anyone that disagrees with you as MAGA… but please, we must save Ukraine above all else! Thank goodness support for this proxy war is slipping, and there’s not much neolibs and neocons can do about it. In the meantime, at least Kiev knows how to party during this war. The girl to guy ratio is amazing .. oh, wait…

Gonzalo Lira, journalist critic of Ukraine, being arrested/disappeared by Ukrainian military is yet another fantastic example of why we’re simply funding a proxy war against Russia .. this isn’t preservation of democracy … the country is simply a lesser evil of corruption and authoritarianism.

It’s def not 100%, I’m sure most Packers & Bucs fans don’t think they got better. Titans fans weren’t happy after they traded AJ Brown. There’s likely a few fanbases every year they think they got worse. But, yea, most certainly have hope that they got better.

With Lawrence signed, Quinnen Williams is definitely going to want something between Simmons and Donald.

Second DT domino falls.

Oh, some of what you say is valid. Allen being healthy just is what it is. Maybe he gets hurt and actually misses time next year, but as a contender, you have to hope that your QB doesn’t suffer an injury like a UCL tear in your throwing elbow halfway through the season. If we’re being honest, Allen probably should’ve missed time last year. With Von, again, it is what it is. Just have to hope he doesn’t have a season ending injury. As does KC with Chris Jones. Good points about Saffold and Bates … although Bates is fine, and should be better in Year 2 Kromer (which again, projection, but is a “thing” as mentioned by many players under Kromer). Oliver was a disappointment. Most of us did think he’d breakout last year. I don’t think the majority of the fanbase was expecting White to be lockdown. In fact, many people worried White would never be the same .. which was a huge talking point in needing a RD1 corner. Brown was a worry that came to fruition. Injured all off-season and many worried he’d be a liability. So, while, we had high hopes .. not everything you allude to was discussed in rainbows and butterflies.

Well said .. and it’s not homerish at all to say we’re much better going into this coming season than we were going into last season, let alone once the injuries hit. We downgraded one position.. Middle Linebacker, with Edmunds leaving in Free Agency. We upgraded the following: QB - Allen (now healthy) OG - McGovern & Torrence EDGE - Von back DT - Poona added S - Hyde back TE - Kincaid added Nevermind expected improvement from guys like Elam, Shakir, Knox, Harty, White, Brown and Year 2 for Dorsey & Kromer. We also play in a loaded division, within a loaded conference with a really tough schedule. Jets & Dolphins have Super Bowl contender talent and the Chiefs & Bengals have a lot of the same reason for optimism that we have, along with the experience of actually making it to the Super Bowl. We don’t deserve to be called a SB favorite due to the past, but talent-wise/expectation-wise… 100%, we are.

I don’t know that we will be so drastic that we look like some of those post-injury Allen games last year, but they have done quite a bit to address the running game… -Year 2 in Kromer’s system. I’m hesitant to rely on this, but quite a few former Kromer players talk about making jumps in the second year of his system. -McGovern is a pass pro guy, but Torrence will absolutely help the run game. Beane is correct in saying he probably helps more in the pass game early on, but Torrence next to Brown gives us a mauling right side of the OL. -12 (11.5) personnnel. Kincaid isn’t Knox when it comes to blocking, but he’s an average blocking TE. Bills should be able to take advantage of situational runs when teams try to defend him with a DB. -Harris & Murray. Zero doubt in my mind, with these signings, that the Bills want a traditional short yardage/goal line run attack. Better pass pro and an effective short passing game is what we truly need. I think they addressed that, but in doing that, they also should have a better run game to turn to when they so choose.

It seems like DT play might be more important when the MLB is a bit undersized. Also, have to wonder if they got sick and tired of playing injured DT’s and calling up PS squad guys all last year. Unless traded, Oliver is a lock, same with Daquan and Poona. Settle seems like a cut candidate BUT he redid his contract and apparently played hurt all last year so…. And Phillips is actually good, when he’s not hurt.

If we don’t make any additions, hopefully we can enter the season with a healthy DT rotation of Jones, Oliver, Poona and Phillips because that’s a lot of potential firepower from that group to offset any lack of firepower off the edge until Von comes back full throttle.

My prediction, without anymore additions as of May.. Dawkins McGovern Morse Torrence Brown Quessenberry Edwards Bates Broeker Doyle Im going Broeker over Boettger because, reportedly, he’s a Bates type player than we can cross train to play all 5 positions in a pinch. I also think Beane is beyond sick and tired of having developmental guys poached .. and unlike Tenuta’s random metrics last year, this guy seems like a Kromer type prospect.

He’s definitely a 1 who can play 3. I’m talking about how great of a team player Poona is - Pete Carroll addressed how he’s better playing nose tackle over the ball, but they had to play him out of position last year.

Absolute freak of nature. It’s why I have zero concern about his contract. He certainly looks like he has two good years left in him. Potentially more, once the contract becomes - essentially - a year to year deal. Just a terrible break for us last year, but he’ll be a force again this year once we get him ramped up.

I, personally, want bigger DT’s .. especially with the switch to smaller/faster linebackers. It’s getting harder to justify moving him as free agency goes deeper into the off-season. Which is why I wouldn’t in a hypothetical Patrick Queen swap. Now, would i rather have Ngakoue and whoever the next best available DT in FA is over Oliver?… yes.

Another way to look at it could be our linebacker room for the next few years is mainly: Milano Williams Bernard Spector Matakevich as Special Teams for however long they want to keep him around and AJ Klein/Tyrel Dodson as guys who may or may not be around. As someone who doesn’t think we should be investing heavy at linebacker around Milano… if those 3 can hold it down, 1 at MLB and the other 2 as depth, for the next 3 years of rookie contracts… I don’t hate it.

Bengals Playoff Offense was highly dependent upon pass protection and Burrow being comfortable in the pocket. Ravens and Chiefs played physical outside and got pressure… result = low scoring games. Bills couldn’t get pressure and played off coverage in the elements. The exact opposite of what Ravens/Chiefs did to them. Chiefs offense executes well year round because they have an ELITE short passing game, and a top tier OL. Hopefully we fixed our OL this off-season because it all starts there. Run game, pass game, whatever … if your OL protects the QB at a high level, your offense can perform in any weather.

Where is this “up to 9M” coming from? They have less money than us. I guess I could ask ourselves the same about Poona, but I doubt he’s coming anywhere close to that.

They also signed 36 year old Al Woods today.

That DL was: Shaq - Ankou - Oliver - Rousseau Health permitting, our postseason DL this year will be: Von - Jones/Poona - Oliver - Rousseau Subract Edmunds / Add Von, Daquan and Poona That’s quite the difference in our Front 7

I’ve certainly posted my share of “trade Oliver for …”, but I’m definitely not trading a contract year underperforming yet talented DT for a contract year underperforming yet talented LB. If Oliver booms, that’s of way more significance for us than if Queen came here and had a great year.

I think we’re better this year than last year, but until we prove otherwise, no one should make us Super Bowl favorites. We had two years of front runner status. Managed to have two different types of mental collapse in the Divisional Round. Chiefs and Bengals have shown they can get to the Super Bowl. Gotta get there to win it…

It's an interesting group when viewed through the lens of "speed" -Cook & Hines have top tier speed out of the backfield -Knox & Kincaid have top tier speed at Tight End -Harty is a burner with a sub-4.4 40 time -Shakir, Sherfield & Diggs can win with speed, as all have run in the 4.4's -Davis & Shorter have decent speed for their size/build and are both deep threats in terms of usage and production This offense doesn't have Miami speed, but most teams don't.. what they do have is a pretty solid blend of size and speed .. and at every position on the field. Singletary brought down our team speed on offense quite a bit. Beasley certainly didn't scare anyone in terms of speed. McKenzie has speed, but it's negated a bit by his inability to be a vertical threat. Even on the fringes of the roster... Sherfield and Shorter bring speed to the WR room over a guy like Kumerow or Crowder.